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Good books on elasticity

Can someone suggest good books/textbooks/treatises/etc on elasticity? Thanks.
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2d soft body physics mathematics [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: Modern references for continuum mechanics Good books on elasticity The definition of rigid body in Box2d is A chunk of matter that is so strong that the distance ...
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Origin of Elasticity

Why is that not all bodies are possessing Elastic behavior? What is the origin of elasticity or plasticity? I mean, it's a physical property. But, How does it relate to atoms or molecules in solid ...
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What is the function of the top point of a bouncing ball?

A ball is thrown away as parallel to x axis from M(0,h) point with speed V . After each jumping on x axis , it can reach half of previous height as shown in the figure.(Assume that no any air ...
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How to write classical dynamics of solids in tensor form (relation of stiffness and viscosity tensor)?

This is a question about dynamics. If I have understood correctly there should be a tensor that describes the dynamics of a (solid?) body (= viscosity ?). I mean, tensor that includes the time ...
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Which viscoelastic material that transparent for Infrared light?

I have to work with viscoelastic materials, since I tried to use a silicone polymer (silly putty) which expect to IR transparent properties, however, IR camera shown the black color (means their ...